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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Professional Services of an Independent Contractor with World Wide Technology, LLC, for the purchase of County core router infrastructure, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of an Independent Contractor with World Wide Technology, LLC, for a 60-month period beginning February 4, 2025, in a maximum aggregate amount not to exceed $823,904.71 (Agreement);
b) Approve and authorize the Chief Information Officer or designee to order additional products, deliverables, and services, and to approve funding to account for additional sales tax in an amount not to exceed $82,390.47 and to extend the agreement for a period of up to six (6) months; and
c) Determine that the above recommended actions do not constitute a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2) and (5), finding that the actions consist of continuing administrative or maintenance activities, such as purchases for supplies and general policy and procedure making and organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.